Re: (TFT) High Level Play

[PvK <pvk@oz.net>]

* If you begin with high-level characters, then you miss the part about what it took for the characters to get to that level of ability, and players may have a bit of a time relating to their characters as people with stories, as opposed to superheroes with features. They also tend to not play as well, smartly, or carefully as if the players had really played them up to that point. Or at least, it seems I've seen that happen.
* At 45-50 points, the system can do ok but the element of failed rolls tends to mostly go away for the characters at that level.
* If they're not only high-attribute, but also have magic items, then "normal" characters can be pretty hopeless against them, due to armor - those who aren't killed right away, miss or do no damage and are killed next turn. High magic armor in particular is a balance breaker, because once you stop 8 or more hits per attack, many weapons have little chance to hurt you.
* HTH, pole weapons, missile spells, magic, etc., and other high level characters become the challenging and dangerous things, and those are still effective, but contests can be more about abilities than tactics, compared to battles with more average power levels.

--- tywyll@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Matthew Skipper <tywyll@yahoo.com>
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: (TFT) High Level Play
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:15:56 +0000 (GMT)

Has anyone run 'high level' TFT campaigns?  You know characters in the 45 to
60 point ranges?  I'm just curious how the system faired at that point (I
imagine it brakes pretty severely, but I have no direct experience).  
If so, any stories to share about what happened and how the game handled?
Cheers,Matthew
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